The Training and Development Agency for Schools funds the provision of teacher training. In doing so, it is required to have regard:
“To any assessment of the quality of education provided by the institution:
The TDA’s conditions of grant to accredited providers require that OFSTED inspectors are given access to inspect the provision of initial teacher training against the Framework for the Inspection of Initial Teacher Training 2008 - 2011. A revised inspection framework was introduced in 2008 by OfSTED.
A number of professions (such as medicine and professions allied to medicine) have statutory responsibilities to set standards for undergraduate and postgraduate education and training, to accredit relevant degrees and to inspect teaching locations (such as medical schools and teaching hospitals).